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24 May 2026
A Wedding by the Sea in Beirut
Marrying by the Mediterranean in Ras Beirut — The Loft by Sporting for the open-air ceremony and reception, Feluka for the seafood dinner. What a seaside wedding at Sporting Club Beach actually involves.
24 May 2026
Swimming in Beirut in January
The Mediterranean does not take winter off, and neither does Sporting Club Beach. What it is actually like to swim in Ras Beirut in January — the sea, the pools, the people who do it.
24 May 2026
Ras Beirut: A Guide From the Sea Up
A short guide to Ras Beirut — Manara, the Corniche, Raouche's Pigeon Rocks, AUB and Hamra — the peninsula at the western tip of Beirut, told from the shoreline where Sporting Club Beach has sat since 1953.
24 May 2026
Learning to Scuba Dive in Beirut
A beginner's guide to scuba diving in Beirut — guided coastal dives from Sporting Club Beach in Ras Beirut, led by a PADI instructor, along the shoreline toward Raouche. What a first dive involves.
24 May 2026
Feluka: Seafood and Wine by the Sea in Beirut
Feluka Seafood Restaurant & Wine Bar at Sporting Club Beach — Mediterranean seafood, a Lebanese wine list, and the long lunch on the Ras Beirut shore. What to know before you go.
24 May 2026
Bringing Kids to the Beach in Beirut
A practical guide to a beach day with children in Beirut — the children's pool, swimming lessons, lifeguards, kids' day-pass prices, and what makes Sporting Club Beach in Ras Beirut work for families.
22 May 2026
Beirut Beach Day Pass Guide 2026
What a beach day in Beirut actually costs in 2026 — every club, price, location, and what you get. Honest, up-to-date, written by people who run one of them.
20 May 2026
Since 1953: The Unbroken Story of Sporting Club Beach
Seventy-three years on the same shoreline in Ras Beirut. The founding, the civil war, the family, the five generations of members.